Atypical neural substrates of Embedded Figures Task performance in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

NeuroImage

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 184-193

  Lee, Philip S ^a   Foss Feig, Jennifer ^a   Henderson, Joshua G ^a   Kenworthy, Lauren E ^b,d   Gilotty, Lisa ^c   Gaillard, William D ^b,d   Vaidya, Chandan J ^a,d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDED FIGURES TASK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548757333     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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